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236 BEES OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Apis Rossiella, Kirbj/, I. c. ii. 331. 85, 1. 18. f. 1 <J. 

 Apis Francisana, Kirl^i/, I. c. ii. 334. 87c?. 

 Apis Leeana, Kirdi/, I. c. ii. 333. 8G <? . 

 Apis subterranea, Kirdi/, /. c. ii. 371. 109 3^ . 

 Bombus campestris, Fabr, S^st, Piez, p. 344. 7 2 . 



/%. Mag. V. 173. 78. 



Dahlb. Bomb, Scand. p. 51. 34. 



Bombus Francisanus, //%. Mag, v. 165. 14^. 



Bombus Rossiellus, Da?ilb. Bomb. Scand. 40. 15 ^ . 



Psithyrus Rossiellus, Drews. Sf Schiodie, Kroy. Tidsskr. ii. 123. 1. 

 t. ii. i.gS. 



Psithyrus campestris, St. Farg. Hijm. ii. 433. 4 ? . 

 Drews. &f Schiodte, Kroy. Tidsskr. i\. 123. 2. 

 Psithyrus Francisanus, Drews. &( Schiodte, Kroy. Tidskr. ii. 125. 



Nyland. Ap. Boreal, p. 241. 2. 



Apathus campestris, Smith, Zool. ii. 543. 2 tJ ? ; Cat. Brit. Hym. 

 p. 98. 3. 



Female. Length 8-9 lines.— The pubescence black ; the thorax 

 in front and the scutellum clothed with yellow pubescence; the 

 three basal segments of the abdomen nearly naked in the mid- 

 dle, smooth and shining, having a thin black pubescence, most 

 dense at the sides; the third, fourth and fifth segments clothed 

 with yellow pubescence, m-ore or less interrupted in the middle ; ' 



the wings fusco-hyahne, slightly clouded at their apex. B.M. 



Var. /3. The pubescence on the scutellum black. 



Var. y. The pubescence entirely black, having only a few fuscous 

 hairs at the apex of the abdomen, 



Male. Length 6-8 lines. — The pubescence golden-yellow; 

 that on the face, cheeks, thorax beneath, and on the legs, black ; 

 the thorax has a black band between the wings, widest in the 

 middle of the disk ; the second segment of the abdomen clothed 

 with black pubescence ; the a})ical segment fringed with fus- 

 cous or black pubescence. {A. Rossiella, Kirby.) B.M. 



Var. /3. The thorax in front yellow, the scutellum obscurely so ; 

 the two basal segments of the abdomen have black pubescence, 

 the third and three following have yellow, and the apical seg- 

 ment black pubescence. {A. Leeana, Kirby.) 



Var. y. The pubescence entirely black, except the third, fourth 

 and fifth segments laterally, vvhich have a deep yellow pubes- 

 cence; sometimes only on the fourth and fifth segments. {A. 

 Francisana, Kirby.) 



Var. S. The pubescence entirely black, the apex alone being 



shghtly fuscous. {A. subterranea, Kirby.) 

 Var. 6. The thorax in front, the scutellum, and basal segment of 



the abdomen, the third segment laterally, and the fourth and 



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